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OUTSIDE NEWS FROM WIRE AND CABLE
Claremont, N. H. Conductor and
woffe&n passenger seriously injured,
25 others shaken up when Boston
bound Boston & Maine train was de
railed. j&fayette, Ind. 5 men injured, 3
seiously, when New York & New
England Special No. 46 was derailed
atfTempleton.
Starling, Colo. Bandit giving name
aslly Thompson, who is alleged tc
have robbed state bank and killed
caghier, in jaiL
NijSW York. Formal application for
newj trial for Former Police Lieut.
Charles Becker, sentenced to death
on charge of murder of Gambler Her
man' Rosenthal, made.
San Francisco. Fred Cozzali, 26,
waylaid divorced wife, Eda. Shot her
to death. Then shot self. Dying.
Cincinnati. Ex-Pres. Taft told
school superintendents attending Nat.
Education ass'n convention he will
not return to politics.
Cameron, III Fred Wells, j50,
rural mail carrier, suicided. Despond
ency; Albany, N. Y. Court of appeals
declared constitutional labor law's
prohibiting employment of aliens on
public works.
Washington. "People who talk
abqut lack of patriotism among German-born
citizens are making fools
of themselves," says Speaker Champ
CSc.
London. Lifebuoy bearing name
of vessel Weehawken, Swansea,
Wales, body of horse and other bits
of wreckage washed ashort near An
glesey. Believed Weehawken either
sunk by German submarines or floun
dered in gale.
Sterling, Colo. Masked bandit
held up and shot to death Ass't Cash
ier John Blunketts in unsuccessful
attempt to rob Farmers' State bank,
Hartun.
Geneva. Military governor of
Strassburg, capital Alsace-Lorraine,
has prohibited sale or consumption
of absinthe. Penalty year in prison, j
MandanS. D. Telephone mes
sages here this afternoon indicate
that the town of Almont, N. D., has
heen almost destroyed by fire. Still
raging.
Minneapolis. 2 university stu
dents found body of Svan Amundsen,
23, dental student who disappeared 2
weeks ago. Believed suicide. Daugh
ter of Norwegian government official.
Springfield, III. $5,000 heart balm
asked in suit filed by Clara Allen
against Calvin Cramer, worth $40,
000, according to bill. Made 5 vio
lent proposals, bill alleges.
Madison, Wis. Francis Sayre, son-in-law
of President Wilson, refused
to consider offer to make him busi
ness manager Univ. of Wisconsin at
salary of $6,000.
New York. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, wife of Harry K Thaw, slayer
of Stanford White, reported in seri
ous condition, result nervous break
down. Crawfordsville, Ind. Prayers of
Icy May Grifiiths, 20, and Nellie Syl
via, 23, sisters, that they might die
same day and be buried in. same
grave, answered. Died within three
hours of each other.
GONZALES ATTACKS MONTEREY
Washington, Feb. 26. Gen. Pablo
Gonzales with a strong Carranzista
force began a general attack on Mon
terey today, according to the consti
tutionalist agency.
Official notice that telegraph wire
between Vera Cruz and Mexico City
is cut and railway traflic shut off
caused great anxiety here today over
what may be happening in the Mex
ican capital
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William Asby died in Pullman hos
pital of cerebral hemorrhage.
Prof. James Angell, head of the
psychology dep't, "U" of Chicago, ap
pointed lecturer at Columbia "U."
U. S. government may blow up
wreck of ship Iowa, sunk in lake 8
miles off river.
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